Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son, suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut,” Joanna noted.?

Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up(蜷伏) with me on the soft and talk,” said Mark.“Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a young lady. The problem is figuring out which time is which.”?

Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what's on their minds.“In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, author of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers?.“This completely changes during the teen years.” Riera explained.“They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”?

Parents who know what's going on in their teenagers' lives are in the best position to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental break, for children also need freedom, though young.?Another? thing parents should remember is that to be friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.

“The door to his room is always shut” suggests that the son_______.?

A. is always busy with his studies

B. doesn't want to be disturbed?

C. keeps himself away from his parents

D. begins to dislike his parents?

What troubles Tina and Mark most is that _______.

A. their daughter isn't as lovely as before?

B. they can't read their daughter's mind exactly?

C. they don't know what to say to their daughter?

D. their daughter talks with them only when she needs help?

Which of the following best explains “the wall of silence” in the last paragraph?

A. Teenagers talk a lot with their friends.?

B. Teenagers do not want to understand their parents.?

C. Teenagers do not talk much with their parents.?

D. Teenagers talk little about their own lives.?

What can be learned from the passage?

A. Parents are unhappy with their growing children.?

B. Parents have suitable ways to talk with their teenagers.?

C. Parents should be patient with their silent teenagers.?

D. Parents should try to understand their teenagers.

Many facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. I feel there are a number of reasons for this.
Some people blame the fact that we are surrounded by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices. This has turned out a whole generation of grown-ups who seldom cook a meal for themselves. If there were fewer of these restaurants, then probably children would buy less take-away food.
There is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight. I agree with this, because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. If children are given fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food, or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout their lives.
There is a third reason for this situation. Children these days take very little exercise. They do not walk to school. When they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. Not only is this an unhealthy pastime(消遣), it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy food. What they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.
The above are the main reasons for this problem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, as well as steering them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits.
【小题1】According to the text, what kind of children may eat more unhealthy food?

A．Those who often do sports.

B．Those who often watch television.

C．Those who often have meals at home.

D．Those who often walk to school.

【小题2】The author thinks that children are becoming overweight because ______.

A．they can't choose what to eat

B．they are too busy to go out and play

C．their parents often cook meals for them

D．there are too many fast food shops around

【小题3】The word "steering" underlined in the last sentence most probably means ______.

A．forcing

B．guiding

C．driving

D．moving

【小题4】The main purpose of the text is to ______.

A．tell a story

B．provide facts

C．give advice

D．compare opinions

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Making new friends means   1. (put) yourself out on a limb and asking others not only to accept you, but to like you and want to be around you as well.    2.  (fortunate), there is no magical solution    3. this part of the process, so if you want to make friends, take a deep breath and jump right in!

  4.  first step to making new friends is figuring out what is holding you back. A lot of times people    5. are interested in making new friends don't know why they don’t have them already. They can’t see that    6.  own actions are working against them.

Once you can identify what is keeping you from making new friends, you need to work through these concerns. This can be painful    7.  you will need to put yourself outside of your comfort zones to see any real differences.

The next step is to shine in these social settings so that others will leave with a positive    8. (impress). If you find social situations hard, just rely on a few simple rules.

When you feel    9. (confidence) that you’ve made some great new friends, get out there and celebrate with them! No matter    10. you decide to do, the important thing is to celebrate your new friends and hopefully continue cultivating more.

 

The hottest show this summer-the “Voice” just finished on Sunday at the Shanghai Stadium．But the show that had a good start didn't end to everyone's satisfaction．The two and a half hour show dragged on for more than four hours because of the huge amount of advertising, which the audience and residents（居民） living nearby could hardly bear．

This summer, something hotter than the weather came to Shanghai. That is the Voice of China．The show soon became a cash cow for the organizer as the advertisement prices reached 1.16 million yuan for 15 seconds. And the show has earned more than 100 million yuan up to now in ad income only. But the organizers’ bliss（快乐） was audiences’ melancholy（悲哀）．

In the final live show on Sunday, about 14 rounds of advertisements were aired, each of which came at a crucial result-announcing moment.

Frequently interrupted by advertisements, some audience complained that the show wasn’t worth its ticket prices of 180 to 1680 yuan.

The planned two and a half hour show went two hours overtime because of the advertising. This annoyed audience members, and touched the nerves(神经) of residents living near the site.

Someone called the police, and the show is now facing punishment for going over-time and disturbing residents late at night.

1.Why didn’t “the Voice” make audience satisfied?

A. It failed to attract audience attention in the end．

B. It failed to make audience satisfied．

C. It increased by one and a half hours and audience couldn’t bear it．

D. It was full of so many advertisements that audience can’t tolerate them．

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The show lasted for two and a half hours.

B. Someone called the police because they can’t bear the noises late at night.

C. The show was worth its ticket prices because the audience watched many advertisements.

D. The show has earned more than 100 million yuan up to now totally.

3.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A. The Voice of China—the most popular TV show of last summer.

B. The Voice of China—I want you.

C. The Voice of China—hard to say I love you.

D. The Voice of China—the noises of China.

4.This passage is organized in the pattern of____.

A. time and event                          B. comparison and contrast

C. cause and effect                 D. definition and classification

 

In China, many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities, because the countryside is much poorer than the city, and often there isn't much work there. Services such as hospital and transport are usually much better in the city than in the countryside. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.
But in the big cities of Europe like London or Paris, people are moving out of the city. These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of the noise and the dirt of the city, and they are tired of the crowded streets, crowded trains and buses. They don't want to live in the cities any more. They want a house with a garden in the countryside, and breathe the fresh air there.
So they move out of the cities. Some don't go very far, just a little way out of the city, to the towns near the cities. Other people move to the real countryside with sheep, cows and green fields. There, they start new lives and try to make new friends.
Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years, many people who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don't make so much money and there isn't much work to do. People in the countryside are very different and aren't always very friendly.
As a result, quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. "It's wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights," they say.
【小题1】Which is NOT the reason for people moving to the cities in China?

A．The countryside is much poorer than the city.

B．People in the countryside have nothing to eat.

C．People in the countryside don't have much work to do there.

D．Services in cities are usually much better than those in the countryside.

【小题2】Why do some rich families in Europe move to the countryside?

A．Because they will find good jobs.

B．Because they are tired of living in the city.

C．Because they can make more money there.

D．Because they like feeding sheep and cows in the green fields.

【小题3】After moving to the countryside, some people in Europe feel unhappy because ___________

A．they can't make much money

B．there isn't much work for them to do in the countryside

C．some people in the countryside aren't always very friendly to them

D．A, B and C

【小题4】The underlined sentence in the last paragraph shows __________

A．they are happy to move back to the city

B．they miss their friends in the countryside

C．they still want to move to the countryside

D．they are tired of the noise and the crowded streets in the city

【小题5】The best title of this passage may be “__________”

A．A happy life!	B．Living in the city!
C．Moving out or moving back ?	D．Living in the countryside!